The Heavenly New Jerusalem Auxiliary Courthouse #37 Room E19b (“Earth Court”) October 4, 2114 (Earth-time) Court Transcript (prepared by brother Anon) Brother Chairman: Praise God! On this occasion of the 100th anniversary of the start of our co-reign over the Earth, I call the General Assembly of the Governing Body to order. Brothers and Sister,… Continue reading A Glimpse of Heaven

I’ll never forget the time I went to visit our dear Elder Anderson in the hospital after his heart attack. I went into his room to find him, and his bed, gone! I feared the worst, and walked back to the nurses’ station to inquire. The nurse behind the counter frowned when I mentioned his… Continue reading Elder Anderson’s Near-Death Experience

We all know that Armageddon is right around the corner™. That means we’ll be dealing with resurrected ones before you know it. Now, some of these will have been criminals. Some of these criminals had received the death penalty — a penalty which is effectively canceled out by their resurrection. But does that mean society… Continue reading Top 5 Most Wanted

We received the following comment from a Christian (though not a Jehovah’s Witness): “Just as all the predictions for Jesus’ first coming came true, so will the ones about His second coming.” I want to examine his statement, because–while I have no doubt that the writer sincerely believes it–I don’t think it’s true. In addition,… Continue reading Bible Prophecy: The Jesus Years Part I

In our first part in this series we examined the supposed “virgin birth” and “Immanuel” prophecies. We found that they were not messianic prophecies, but rather comprised a botched “sign” attached to a failed prophecy concerning the king of Assyria rescuing the King of Judah from the clutches of Syria and Israel. We surmised that… Continue reading Bible Prophecy: The Jesus Years part II

Continuing our examination of the five prophecies that the Watchtower claims found fulfillment in Jesus. In part two we examined the “born in Bethlehem” claim and found it sorely wanting in its “fulfillment.” But even if it could be established that the prophecy really did mean that the Messiah was to be born in Bethlehem… Continue reading Bible Prophecy: The Jesus Years part III

Continuing our examination of the five prophecies that the Watchtower claims found fulfillment in Jesus. In part 3 we examined the “garments” claim. We found that this was not a messianic prophecy (or any kind of prophecy for that matter.) It was part of the lyrics to a song about David: a blues song. Poetic… Continue reading Biblical Prophecy: The Jesus Years part IV

We did a two-for-one deal in our previous episode: the “no bones broken” and the “piercing” claims. Guess what we found? If you’ve been faithfully following along you’ll already know the answer; it’s the same one we always come up with in examining the claims of the Watchtower and Christianity in general: false claims. In… Continue reading Bible Prophecy: The Jesus Years part V

Of all the odd things I did as a Witness, resuming praying seemed the oddest at the time. I had been taught to pray in my Catholic youth, but had given it up for Lent one year, and had never gotten back into the habit after “Easter.” These early prayers were mostly “vain repetitions” learned… Continue reading Uttering Prayer in Utter Confusion

Andrew posted a great article over a year ago entitled Evolution for Jehovah’s Witnesses. In that article he did a good job of answering the common objections Witnesses have been taught from the Watchtower regarding evolution. One commentator on that article, with whom I had a brief exchange, was Vania. In her comments she made some… Continue reading Is the Truth Simple?